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quirkism.livejournal.com) wrote in trans2006-04-03 12:16 pm
Help Save Sassy's Life!!!
My partner, Sassafras, is in a serious medical situation. Sassafras is a genderqueer/trans 21-year old, and hir ovaries and uterus are currently home to rapidly growing tumors, some of which have begun to rupture within Sass’s abdomen. These tumors cause Sass extreme persistent pain, not to mention a fairly severe medical risk.
Sass was scheduled to have a hysterectomy to have this taken care of last summer. Two doctors and a surgeon agreed that it needed to happen. The insurance backed out at the last minute. They claimed that, first of all, they would not fund a (very much needed) hysterectomy for Sass because they did not want to impinge on Sass’s ability to have children (though Sass doesn’t want kids), and that they wouldn’t consider funding a hysterectomy until Sass was at least 35 years old – 14 years from now. Since then, we have also learned that the insurance company also is refusing because some of Sass’s medical records list Sass’s gender as “Male.” Thus, the insurance claims that they don’t need to pay for this medically-legitimate surgery because, “Why would a male need a hysterectomy?” Upon further questioning, the insurance company has declared that they won't cover it because they refuse to help Sass have a "sex change."
Because the insurance won’t cover this surgery, and Sass will be in great danger if this surgery doesn’t happen, we’ve decided that we need to make it happen ourselves. The surgery is scheduled for August 16th, 2006. The date is set, now we just need to pay for it. The total cost is $13,400
Sassy and I have been saving money, but we’re not going to be able to do this on our own. We are asking for your help We need to raise $11,000 by August 16th, 2006. We will be organizing a number of benefits over the next few months, and I have put together a donation website as well:
http://savesassy.org
Anything helps, even a dollar. We cannot do this on our own.
Thank you so much for your help!
Please feel free to forward and repost this wherever you think appropriate.
THANK YOU!!!!
Sass was scheduled to have a hysterectomy to have this taken care of last summer. Two doctors and a surgeon agreed that it needed to happen. The insurance backed out at the last minute. They claimed that, first of all, they would not fund a (very much needed) hysterectomy for Sass because they did not want to impinge on Sass’s ability to have children (though Sass doesn’t want kids), and that they wouldn’t consider funding a hysterectomy until Sass was at least 35 years old – 14 years from now. Since then, we have also learned that the insurance company also is refusing because some of Sass’s medical records list Sass’s gender as “Male.” Thus, the insurance claims that they don’t need to pay for this medically-legitimate surgery because, “Why would a male need a hysterectomy?” Upon further questioning, the insurance company has declared that they won't cover it because they refuse to help Sass have a "sex change."
Because the insurance won’t cover this surgery, and Sass will be in great danger if this surgery doesn’t happen, we’ve decided that we need to make it happen ourselves. The surgery is scheduled for August 16th, 2006. The date is set, now we just need to pay for it. The total cost is $13,400
Sassy and I have been saving money, but we’re not going to be able to do this on our own. We are asking for your help We need to raise $11,000 by August 16th, 2006. We will be organizing a number of benefits over the next few months, and I have put together a donation website as well:
http://savesassy.org
Anything helps, even a dollar. We cannot do this on our own.
Thank you so much for your help!
Please feel free to forward and repost this wherever you think appropriate.
THANK YOU!!!!